Union upset at M6 Toll 'disaster' claims
A union representing some workers at the M6 Toll has disassociated itself from claims that the road has been 'a disaster.'
In written evidence to the House of Commons Transport Committee's better roads inquiry this week, unions representing workers at the Highways Agency said the 27-mile stretch of toll motorway between Cannock and Coleshill had 'proved a disaster both as an investment and as a relief road'.
The Highways Agency's chief executive Graham Dalton also told the committee that 35,000 vehicles a day were using the road but 100,000 were using the main M6.
M6 Toll labelled a disaster
Construction union UCATT said its members working at the M6 Toll were disturbed to read the comments made about their workplace.
Cheryl Pidgeon, regional secretary for UCATT Midlands, said: "UCATT entirely disassociates itself from the comments made about the M6 Toll Road. Our members employed on the site enjoy good terms and conditions and they provide a first class service to road users."
Cannock Chase Council leader Councillor George Adamson is to write to Labour leader Ed Miliband urging that the nationalisation of the M6 Toll be included as an option in the party's General Election manifesto.
The regional secretary added that UCATT was not aware of any proposals to change the existing ownership and operation of the M6 Toll Road.
"If any changes should be proposed in the future we would ensure that the terms and conditions of our members were not reduced in any way," she added.
